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In American counties with more Black doctors, Black people have higher life expectancy --study

Mon, 2023-04-17 10:15 — mike kraft

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds The study is the first to link a higher prevalence of Black doctors to longer life expectancy and lower mortality in Black populations. Usha Lee McFarling STAT

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Opinion: As the COVID emergency ends, monoclonal antibodies remain essential

Mon, 2023-04-17 10:05 — mike kraft

As the COVID emergency ends, monoclonal antibodies remain essential With the FDA not currently approving mAbs and the federal government no longer buying them, monoclonals seem to have been expunged from America’s COVID-fighting strategy. dtodd The Hill

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Opinion: -What do COVID-19 and the bank crisis have in common? --the trust issue

Fri, 2023-04-14 14:09 — mike kraft

What do COVID-19 and the bank crisis have in common? Social trust is essential to combat a public health crisis, and trustworthy information is critical to nurturing public trust. cayala The Hill

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Assuming that we will continue to gain ground against this coronavirus and that it will become endemic and manageable even if it doesn’t entirely disappear, there will still be other pandemics in the future. Have we learned the lessons of COVID-19? In particular, have we learned from our mistakes?

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Study outlines how low English language skills among some U.S. residents hurt their vacination rates and hospitalization rates

Fri, 2023-04-14 13:32 — mike kraft

Study reveals linguistic disparities in COVID vaccine uptake, outcomes CIDRAP

A study of more than 850,000 people in Minnesota and Wisconsin finds a link between a preference to speak a non-English language and limited English proficiency and delayed time to first COVID-19 vaccination and increased rates of SARS-CoV-2–related hospitalization and death among some language-preference groups.

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Chances of getting long COVID are lower after a second infection than a first--British study

Fri, 2023-04-14 13:12 — mike kraft

You're less likely to get long COVID after a second infection than a first The chances of developing lingering symptoms after COVID appears to fall sharply from the first to the second time someone gets sick, new research finds. The risk is still significant. NPR

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Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine highly effective --Israeli study of over 65's

Fri, 2023-04-14 13:02 — mike kraft

Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine highly effective, study says - UPI.com A new study examining the effectiveness of the new Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine determined it is highly effective in reducing hospitalizations and deaths. UPI

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Almost 90% of US mpox-related deaths were in Black men, and nearly all had weakened immune systems -- CDC

Fri, 2023-04-14 12:48 — mike kraft

Almost 90% of US mpox-related deaths were in Black men, and nearly all had weakened immune systems, CDC reports | CNN Almost 90% of mpox-related deaths in the United States were among Black men, and nearly all had weakened immune systems, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kyla Russell CNN

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Although most of the people who died got one or more prompt treatments and intensive care, nearly a quarter had delays of three to seven weeks from diagnosis to treatment, and two got no treatment for mpox.

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Analysis: Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated-study

Thu, 2023-04-13 11:02 — mike kraft

Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated Scientific Reports - Obesity and COVID-19 mortality are correlated Nature

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We observe a statistically significant positive association between COVID-19 mortality and the proportion of obese in adult populations spanning 142 countries. This association holds across countries belonging to different income groups and is not sensitive to a population’s median age, proportion of the elderly, and/or proportion of females.

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